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  • Reject DUMB clients?

    From Codefenix@1:103/705 to All on Thu Oct 1 12:20:46 2020
    Just wondering...

    I have a modified login.js file (in my mods subdir, of course). If I add a couple lines near the beginning to automatically hang up on "DUMB" terminals, would I be potentially be denying access to human callers? Or is it safe to assume that all incoming DUMB terminals are bots?

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  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to Codefenix on Thu Oct 1 14:01:38 2020
    Re: Reject DUMB clients?
    By: Codefenix to All on Thu Oct 01 2020 12:20 pm

    Just wondering...

    I have a modified login.js file (in my mods subdir, of course). If I add a couple lines near the beginning to automatically hang up on "DUMB" terminals, would I be potentially be denying access to human callers? Or
    is
    it safe to assume that all incoming DUMB terminals are bots?

    It's not a terrible idea (likely 99% of dumb terminals are bots). Another idea would be to just set the [login] inactive_hangup value in your ctrl/modopts.ini to just a really small value (10 seconds?). At least then, a human with a bad terminal would have a hope in hell of logging in.

    digital man

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  • From Mortifis@1:103/705 to Digital Man on Thu Oct 1 21:37:54 2020
    Re: Reject DUMB clients?
    By: Codefenix to All on Thu Oct 01 2020 12:20 pm

    Just wondering...

    I have a modified login.js file (in my mods subdir, of course). If I
    add
    a couple lines near the beginning to automatically hang up on "DUMB" terminals, would I be potentially be denying access to human callers?
    Or
    is it safe to assume that all incoming DUMB terminals are bots?

    It's not a terrible idea (likely 99% of dumb terminals are bots). Another idea would be to just set the [login] inactive_hangup value in your ctrl/modopts.ini to just a really small value (10 seconds?). At least then, a human with a bad terminal would have a hope in hell of logging in.

    digital man


    ... and really slow keyboarders like me might get hung_up on :-P

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  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to Mortifis on Thu Oct 1 18:21:05 2020
    Re: Re: Reject DUMB clients?
    By: Mortifis to Digital Man on Thu Oct 01 2020 09:37 pm

    It's not a terrible idea (likely 99% of dumb terminals are bots).
    Another
    idea would be to just set the [login] inactive_hangup value in your ctrl/modopts.ini to just a really small value (10 seconds?). At least then, a human with a bad terminal would have a hope in hell of logging in.

    ... and really slow keyboarders like me might get hung_up on :-P

    You'd have to t y p e e x t r e m e l y s l o w t o e x c e e d a 1 0
    s e c o n d t i m e o ut b e t w e e n c h a r a c t e r s. :-)


    digital man

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  • From Mortifis@1:103/705 to Digital Man on Thu Oct 1 23:12:58 2020
    Re: Re: Reject DUMB clients?
    By: Mortifis to Digital Man on Thu Oct 01 2020 09:37 pm

    Another idea would be to just set the [login] inactive_hangup value
    in
    your ctrl/modopts.ini to just a really small value (10 seconds?). At least then, a human with a bad terminal would have a hope in hell of logging in.

    ... and really slow keyboarders like me might get hung_up on :-P

    You'd have to t y p e e x t r e m e l y s l o w t o e x c e e d a 0 s e c o n d t i m e o ut b e t w e e n c h a r a c t e r s. :-)


    digital man

    heh, I have been know to fall asleep at the login prompt ... but never at the wheel

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